طَبَقَةٌ
Root: طبق
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طَبَقَةٌ
[generally signifying Any one of two or more things that are placed, or situate, one above another; a stage, story, or floor; a layer, or stratum; or the like: pl. طَبَقَاتٌ and طِبَاقٌ]: see طَبَقٌ, in seven places.
2 [Hence, طَبَقَاتُ العَيْنِ The coats, or tunics, of the eye. (See جُلَيْدَةٌ.)]
3 [Hence also,] طَبَقَاتُ النَّاسِ The degrees, ranks, orders, or classes, of men. [Thus, طَبَقَاتُ الشُّعَرَآءِ means The orders, or classes, of the poets.]
4 كُتُبُهُ إِلَىَّ طَبَقَةٌ is a phrase mentioned by Ibn-'Abbád as meaning His letters, or epistles, to me are consecutive.
5 A طَبَقَة of land is [A portion] like a مَشَارَة [expl. in art. شور].
2 [Hence, طَبَقَاتُ العَيْنِ The coats, or tunics, of the eye. (See جُلَيْدَةٌ.)]
3 [Hence also,] طَبَقَاتُ النَّاسِ The degrees, ranks, orders, or classes, of men. [Thus, طَبَقَاتُ الشُّعَرَآءِ means The orders, or classes, of the poets.]
4 كُتُبُهُ إِلَىَّ طَبَقَةٌ is a phrase mentioned by Ibn-'Abbád as meaning His letters, or epistles, to me are consecutive.
5 A طَبَقَة of land is [A portion] like a مَشَارَة [expl. in art. شور].
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